Carson City family decks the halls with thousands of lights

Lots of people ask Jason Stinson how much the lighting costs. He’s never had to pay more than $150 on his energy bill. He attributes it to the fact that he only keeps the show on for a few hours nightly, and the lights flash, meaning many of them spend significant time off. (Photo: Faith Evans/Nevada Appeal)

By Faith Evans

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

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Though winter nights are getting longer and darker, West Winnie Lane is looking brighter than ever. The Stinson family, better known for their annual haunted house, has strung up their house and tree with thousands of Christmas lights.
Jason and his wife Stephanie, along with their daughters, Micheala, Kailee, and Kaydence, have 75 strands of lights around the tree in their front yard, a projector on the roof reading “Merry Christmas,” a full Whoville mural in the driveway, a gingerbread house near the front door, Santa’s Workshop along the corner, and more.

Jason Stinson likes to find new ways to make the light show bigger and better. This year, his whole family has Christmas costumes that they sometimes wear on the weekends. (Photo: Faith Evans/Nevada Appeal)

To top it off, Jason has all the lighting programmed to sync with 13 Christmas songs played over speakers in their yard.
During an interview with the Appeal, while the family was setting up the whole production, the Stinson daughters were busy climbing the large tree in the front yard to help wire the lighting.
“I’ve been doing lights ever since I was a kid,” Jason Stinson, the father of the household, said. His mom loved Christmas time, and she always had him help decorate.
He said that he likes the tradition, and it’s one way he feels he can give back to the community.
“It seems to bring a smile to a lot of people,” he said, which prompts him to go bigger and more brilliant every year.

Carson City family decks the halls with thousands of lights

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